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Final Exam Review #2
Test Description: Review questions for topics covered in first semester
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Earths layers from the center to the surface are...
A
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
B
inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
C
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
D
mantle, crust, core, lithosphere
2) This is what scientists use to determine the layers of the Earth...
A
cameras
B
tsunamis
C
seismic waves
D
magic
3) The inner and outer core are both made of...
A
cheese
B
hot metals
C
liquid metal
D
cold metals
4) Wegeners hypothesis that helps explain how similar fossils appear on separate continents...
A
ice age theory
B
string theory
C
law of superposition
D
continental drift
5) Which best describes a tectonic plate?
A
slab of crust and upper mantle
B
slab of asthenosphere and crust
C
slab of crust only
D
slab of ocean crust only
6) These are the three main types of plate boundaries...
A
ridge, rift, earthquake
B
strike slip, thrust, reverse
C
convergent, transform, strike slip
D
transform, convergent, divergent
7) New crust forms along this type of boundary...
A
divergent
B
transform
C
convergent
D
strike slip
8) At this plate boundary crust is neither created or destroyed...
A
convergent
B
reverse
C
transform
D
divergent
9) This is the main cause of plate movement...
A
ocean waves
B
convection currents in the asthenosphere
C
hot spots
D
convection currents in the lithosphere
10) Which best describes how the earths crust and mantle are different?
A
the crust is very thick, the mantle is very thin
B
the crust is extremely hot, while the mantle is quite cool
C
actually, they are quite similar
D
mantle is thick and dense, crust is thinner and less dense,
11) Where in the Earths layers do convection currents occur?
A
inner core
B
asthenosphere
C
lithosphere
D
atmosphere
12) What type of rock makes up oceanic crust?
A
sandstone
B
basalt
C
granite
D
schist
13) What type of rock makes up continental crust?
A
schist
B
sandstone
C
granite
D
basalt
14) Non volcanic, continental mountains, such as the Himalayas form from...
A
ocean crust spreading apart
B
ocean and continent collisions
C
continental-continental collisions
D
continental crust spreading apart from ocean crust
15) The term that describes one plate sinking below another plate is...
A
destruction
B
combustion
C
subduction
D
construction
16) Average plate movement is measured in ______, and is equal to how fast ____________ grow
A
cm, fingernails
B
cm, hair
C
feet, plants
D
inches, feet
17) these volcanoes, such as the ones making up Hawaii, can help track plate movement
A
pinotubo and krakatoa
B
composite
C
hot spots
D
cold spots
18) The reason most earthqukes occur at the plate boundaries is because...
A
this is where California is
B
this is where the stress builds up as the plates move
C
this is where the crust is thickest
D
there is no reason, it is random
19) The San Andreas fault in California is along this type of boundary...
A
divergent
B
transform
C
convergent
D
reverse-slip
20) Folded mountains form along this type of boundary...
A
convergent
B
transform
C
strike-slip
D
divergent
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